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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Lizards and Snakes
  6. Wall Lizards, Amphisbaenians, and Allies
  7. Whiptails and Tegus

family

Whiptails and Tegus

Teiidae

Includes
15 native 5 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Whiptails and Ameivas 15 native
  • Tupinambinae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native whiptails and tegus All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Western Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris 26,787 observations
  • Common Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis gularis 20,857 observations
  • Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineatus 14,980 observations
  • Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythrus 4,315 observations
  • Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae 4,135 observations
  • Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis 3,752 observations
  • Plateau Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis velox 3,516 observations
  • Common Checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis tesselatus 2,461 observations
  • Desert Grassland Whiptail Aspidoscelis uniparens 2,098 observations
  • Marbled Whiptail Aspidoscelis marmoratus 1,076 observations
  • New Mexico Whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicanus 1,038 observations
  • Colorado Checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis neotesselatus 758 observations
  • Rusty-rumped Whiptail Aspidoscelis scalaris 669 observations
  • Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis stictogrammus 347 observations
  • Laredo Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis laredoensis 151 observations
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